Mad Professor
Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser (born 27 March 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) known by his stage-name Mad Professor, is a British dub music producer, engineer and remixer. He has collaborated with reggae artists Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sly and Robbie, Pato Banton, Jah Shaka and Horace Andy, as well as artists outside the realm of traditional reggae and dub, such as Sade, Massive Attack, the Orb, Gaudi, the Brazilian DJ Marcelinho da Lua, Grace Jones, and Perry Farrell.
Early life
Fraser became known as Mad Professor as a boy due to his fascination with electronics. He emigrated from Guyana to London at the age of 13 and later began his music career as a service technician. He gradually collected recording and mixing equipment, and in 1979 opened his own four-track recording studio, Ariwa Sounds, in the living room of his home in Thornton Heath.
Career
Fraser began recording lovers rock bands and vocalists for his own label (including the debut recording by Deborahe Glasgow) and recorded his first album after moving the studio to a new location in Peckham in 1982, equipped with an eight-track setup, later expanding to sixteen. Fraser's Dub Me Crazy series of albums won the support of...
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Albums
Oide Oide
The Dubs That Time Forgot PT 2
Ariwa Riddim Dub Series 2015
CoviDub Illusion
40 Years of Dub
Ariwa 2019 Riddim And Dub Series
Babylon Kingdom Of Dub
Ariwa 2018 Riddim Series
Electro Dubclubbing
In The Midst Of The Storm
The Clone Theory
Dubbing with Anansi
Samba Dub Experience
Ariwa Dub Showcase
The Roots of Dubstep
Sci Fi 3: Volcanic Dub (feat Joe Ariwa)
Ariwa Aloha/ Hawaii Tour
Faya Horns Meet Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa
The Dubs That Time Forgot
Bitter Sweet Dub (Dub You Crazy With Love) (Part.3)
Old School Dubs
Dub You Crazy!! 2007
New Galaxy of Dub: Sci Fi 2
Rewired for Dub
The Dub Revolutionaries
The Next Revolution Will Be Dub Wise
From Mars With Dub, Part 1 Sci-Fi Dub Series
Trix in the Mix, Part 1
Dub You Crazy With Love (Part 2)
Techno Dub
Moroccan Sunrise
Black Liberation Dub, Chapter 5: Afrocentric Dub
Dub Them Silly Ina Firehouse
Dubtronic
Black Liberation Dub, Chapter 4: Under the Spell of Dub
Dub You Crazy With Love
New Decade of Dub
Black Liberation Dub, Chapter 3: Evolution of Dub
Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae
Black Ark Experryments
Black Liberation Dub, Chapter 2: Anti-Racist Dub Broadcast
Black Liberation Dub, Chapter 1
The Lost Scrolls of Moses
Mafia & Fluxy Meet Mad Professor
True Born African Dub
Dub Me Crazy, Part 12: Dub Maniacs on the Rampage
Dub Me Crazy, Part 11: Hijacked To Jamaica
Dub Me Crazy, Part 10: Psychedelic Dub
A Feast of Yellow Dub
Mystic Warrior
Dub Me Crazy, Part 9: Science and the Wichdoctor
Dub Me Crazy, Part 8: Experiments of the Aural Kind
Dub Me Crazy, Part 7: Adventures of a Dub Sampler
Dub Me Crazy, Part 6: Schizophrenic Dub
Dub Me Crazy, Part 5: Who Knows the Secret of the Master Tape?
A Caribbean Taste of Technology
Dub Me Crazy, Part 4: Escape to the Asylum Of Dub
Dub Me Crazy, Part 3: The African Connection
Dub Me Crazy, Part 1
Dub Me Crazy, Part 2: Beyond the Realms of Dub
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